Whoever you are
if you haven't been
able to deliver peace
you aren't a star
Whoever you may be
if you haven't seen
the world as one
you are but a demon
Who do you think you
are, a troubled land, or
a superpower
if you're still struggling with
barriers, borders, orders
if you haven't yet learned to
live without wars that pop
out of the fatuous excuses
by the pusillanimous and
obstreperous leaders
in search of destructive power
one wonders what
you are
the same gut-wrenching
bloodsheds, like inimical
scarlet waters under the
bridge, a globally designed
model of poverty
polluting the atmosphere,
exposing an insipid smell
of shenanigans in the air,
your hoity-toity
chiaroscuro carving of
words to induce fear, hatred,
anger superciliously
indulge in a divisive,
lose-lose game of jeopardy
you are the monster
on the loose that needs
to be taken into custody
